The purpose of this paper is to raise attention within the records management community about evolving demands for explanations that make it possible to understand the content of records, also when they reflect output from algorithms.,The methodological approach is a conceptual analysis based in records management theory and the philosophy of science. The concepts that are developed are thereafter applied to “the right to an explanation” and “an algorithmic ethics approach,” respectively, to further examine their viability.,Different forms of explanations, ranging from “certain” explanations to predictions, as well as varying degrees of control over the input data to algorithms, affect the nature of the explanations and what kinds of records the explanations may reside in.,This paper contributes to a conceptual frame for discussing where explanations to algorithms may be documented, within different kinds of records, emanating from different kinds of processes.

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一个讨论框架，用于解释基于算法输出的记录

本文的目的是引起记录管理界对不断变化的解释需求的关注，这些解释使人们有可能理解记录的内容，甚至当它们反映算法的输出时。方法学方法是一种基于记录管理的概念分析理论和科学哲学。之后，将所提出的概念分别应用于“解释权”和“算法伦理学方法”，以进一步检验其可行性。各种解释形式，从“某些”解释到预测，以及对算法输入数据的不同程度的控制，会影响解释的性质以及解释可能驻留在哪种记录中，